[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 16, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1663-S1664]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    DISAPPROVING THE ACTION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNCIL IN 
 APPROVING THE COMPREHENSIVE POLICING AND JUSTICE REFORM AMENDMENT ACT 
                           OF 2022--Continued

  Mr. ROUNDS. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
order for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                           Order of Procedure

  Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 
following disposition of the joint resolution, the Senate proceed to 
executive session to consider Executive Calendar No. 175, Jeremy C. 
Daniel, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Illinois; further, that the Senate recess from 4 
p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for the all-Senators briefing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mrs. GILLIBRAND. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. VANCE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                              H.J. Res. 42

  Mr. VANCE. Mr. President, I speak today on behalf of millions of 
Americans who come to Washington, DC, and want this to be a safe city 
where they can enjoy it, where they can view the beautiful monuments, 
and where they can actually live in this city comfortably and in 
safety.
  I speak for the staff members who have seen this city deteriorate 
over the last decade, and I speak for the many people who have no 
connection to this city but want it to be a beautiful and safe place to 
live and work because this is where the people's business is ultimately 
done.
  A very simple problem that we have is the DC violent crime rate and 
the nonviolent crime rate have gone up way too quickly, in part because 
the DC Council has passed a number of statutes and a number of laws 
that make it harder for police officers to do their job.
  I will not go through the laundry list of the act that we are dealing 
with here today and the number of ways in which it makes police less 
safe in doing their job and makes it more difficult for them to do 
their jobs in the first place, but a few things in particular jump out. 
First of all, the law that we are trying to undo bans or severely 
restricts ordinary law enforcement practices, including the use of riot 
gear to disperse violent crowds; it makes it harder for police to 
actually give chase to violent offenders; and it also forces police to 
go through these ridiculous exhaustion requirements before they can use 
lethal force to protect themselves and people around them.
  This is why a number of DC police officers and organizations don't 
agree with this act. It is why they think that it makes them less safe, 
and it is why we have to go in a different direction in this community.
  I will close by saying that whether you are a Democrat or a 
Republican--whatever your politics are--we should be proud of this 
incredibly beautiful city. The people sent us here to do a job; they 
sent us here to do that job proudly; and it is hard to do it if we are 
surrounded by crime and we are surrounded by lawlessness.
  I want this to be the kind of place where Ohioans can come and visit, 
where they can walk the streets with their children without fear of 
their personal safety; and, unfortunately, DC is going in the wrong 
direction.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Massachusetts.
  Ms. WARREN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the scheduled 
vote commence immediately.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Vote on H.J. Res. 42

  Under the previous order, the joint resolution is considered read a 
third time.
  The joint resolution was ordered to a third reading and was read the 
third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The joint resolution having been read the 
third time, the question is, Shall the joint resolution pass?
  Mr. VANCE. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: The Senator 
from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso).
  The result was announced--yeas 56, nays 43, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 126 Leg.]

                                YEAS--56

     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Braun
     Britt
     Budd
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     King
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Mullin
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Ricketts
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rounds
     Rubio
     Schmitt
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Tuberville
     Vance
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--43

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Fetterman
     Gillibrand
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Klobuchar
     Lujan
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Welch
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Barrasso
       
  The joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) was passed.

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